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Xi’s ‘good neighbor’ speech falls flat at ASEAN
MANILA – China’s Xi Jinping sought to leverage the recent ASEAN-China summit – marking the 30th anniversary of bilateral relations – to portray his country as a benevolent power and source of...
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ASEAN joint military drills pointed daintily at China
The ASEAN Solidarity Exercise in Natuna 2023 (ASEX-01N), hosted by Indonesia in September 2023, was the first joint military exercise exclusive to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)....
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Unified, assertive ASEAN needed as US, China spar
The contemporary China-US relationship – the relationship between the world’s oldest and newest major powers – lies at the heart of the Indo-Pacific region’s dilemma. This relationship has its roots...
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ASEAN stands idly by, as usual, on South China Sea
The latest developments in the South China Sea territorial dispute point to ASEAN’s long-running failure to deal with a major regional problem, highlighting the regional organization’s inherent...
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